This is an analysis of the poem Arising On The Horizon that begins with:

Coming out of a protective darkness,
Can be an emphatically traumatic experience......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABC ccde cXdc ddXb AABC edacd EdeX ccXbbc EX fcc EX Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,5,4,6,2,3,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010001010 101010000100100 11111 0100011011 01010100101 100110010 010110 1011100101 10001000111 00010010 10101010101001 1101101001010 101001 10011001001 01111111001 01011111101 1010001010 101010000100100 11111 0100011011 01010010 001110111011 1000101001001 1010110 0100101001001 11 101 0101010010 10100011 1101111 1110101 11110100 111100100101 1010101 101111010101011 11 011 010110101 101110101 11101 11 011 101 01011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Arising On The Horizon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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